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LOWER CARBON FOOTPRINT
Cepsa Química to employ biofuels-based transporta-

tion to supply LABSA to Persán

Spanish energy giant Cepsa’s chemi- Cepsa produces at the La Rábida Energy
cals business, Cepsa Química, has Park (Huelva) from organic waste, such
inked a deal with the Persán group, a as used cooking oils or agricultural
Spanish home care and personal care waste, thus promoting the circular eco-
products firm, regarding an arrange- nomy. The result is a renewable diesel
ment of transportation of chemical that, throughout its life cycle, reduces
products from Cepsa to the Sevillian CO emissions by up to 90%, compared
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company to be carried out using 100% to those of conventional fuels.
renewable diesel (hydrogenated vege-
table oil, or HVO). of the biodegradable detergents, both Since 2022, Cepsa has been pro-
for domestic and industrial use. With ducing and marketing 2G biofuels to
With this arrangement to promote a production that accounts for almost customers in the air, maritime and land
sustainability in the transportation of 20% of the international market, Cepsa transport sectors. To guarantee supply
these products, both companies will Química is the world’s leading produ- in the face of growing demand, Cepsa
avoid the emission of around 126-tpa cer of linear alkylbenzene or LAB, the is building, together with Bio-Oils,
of CO , an amount similar to that base from which LABSA is made and the largest second-generation biofuels
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absorbed by a forest of over 8,000 trees which is sent to Persan, among other plant in southern Europe, with an in-
during the same period. customers. vestment of €1.2-bn. This facility, to
be commissioned in 2026 in Palos de
Cepsa Química supplies Persán, From now on, this product will be la Frontera (Huelva), will have a flex-
through tanker trucks, with linear alkyl- transported from San Roque (Cádiz) to ible production capacity of 500-ktpa
benzenesulphonic acid or LABSA, the Persán’s facilities in Seville using HVO, of renewable diesel and sustainable
raw material used to produce over 60% a second-generation (2G) biofuel that aviation fuel (SAF).

ENERGY ALLIANCE
Yara, Scatec, ECHEM and MOPCO move ahead on

renewable ammonia offtake deal in Egypt

Scatec, a Norwegian renewable (DGA), that was recently established by
energy solutions provider, and its partners, the three parties. The facility will produce
ECHEM and MOPCO, have agreed on approximately 150-ktpa of renewable
heads of terms for renewable ammonia ammonia for export in the international
offtake from Egypt with Yara Clean market through Yara Clean Ammonia.
Ammonia, a leading trader and distri-
butor of ammonia. Last year, Scatec, Scatec also signed a letter of intent
the Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding with the European Investment Bank
Company (ECHEM) and Misr Ferti- energy and an up to 240-MW electrolyser (EIB) for long-term financing for the
lizers Production Company (MOPCO) facility for production of renewable project. “Once the project has reached
entered into a joint development agree- hydrogen, which will be used as feedstock a final investment decision, the renew-
ment and a shareholder agreement for for production of renewable ammonia able ammonia from this project will
the production of renewable ammonia. at MOPCO’s existing ammonia pro- help us reliably serve our customers
duction facility at Damietta in Egypt. across several market sectors,” said
The three partners will develop The facility will be built through Yara Clean Ammonia’s CEO, Mr. Hans
and build up to 480-MW of renewable Damietta Green Ammonia Company Olav Raen.

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